Does anyone use Equioxx?

[Bionic Boy]

We have a mare who has been on bute daily for 6 months but can longer take it. It has been suggested to put her on Equioxx, has anyone got experience of using it long term?

 

[HelenBack]

I used it for a while when you could get is Previcox and it wasn't so expensive. My experience with my lad was that it wasn't as effective as bute or danilon but it did still help some. I know quite a few people who have been using it for a good while and find it to be helpful so definitely worth a go if your horse can no longer tolerate bute. The main problem I think is now that it's licensed as Equioxx it's eye wateringly expensive.

 

[Bionic Boy]

Thanks HB. It is for a 24 year old mare, she has been taking 1 bute a day for the last 6 months, however last Monday she came down with what the vet thinks is bute induced colitis. She was critical for approx 48 hours and has been very poorly indeed. She is still on antibiotics and paracetamol so we aren't anywhere near the stage of thinking about putting her back on something but further down the road when she is feeling better we will need something to replace the bute. The vet mentioned Equioxx, so googling it as you do there is a lot of cost difference between it and bute and also most articles seem to recommend it for 14 days, but in our case it will be needed for long term use.

 

[donkeyindisguise]

Hi, I've had my mare on it for 5 years now, well, as previcox until recently but they are exactly the same drug.

She was put on this as she absolutely cannot tolerate bute, it goes straight through her even as a one off so I can't comment on how effective it is compared to bute, but she's on one tablet a day, and whilst at times I've cut that down to half a tablet, or dropped it completely if she didn't need it, there have been absolutely no side effects for her that I've come across, she flies through her vet checks every 6 months too

Hope that helps

 

[Bionic Boy]

Thank you, that's good to know.

 

[paddy555]

my vet suggested he had found bosmerix effective as a bute alternative if I needed it. I haven't tried it so cannot comment.

 

[Wizpop]

my vet suggested he had found bosmerix effective as a bute alternative if I needed it. I haven't tried it so cannot comment.

I’ve used Bosmerix on an older horse, as has a friend of mine with hers. It was very effective but I hadn’t had him on Bute first to compare.

 

[paddy555]

I’ve used Bosmerix on an older horse, as has a friend of mine with hers. It was very effective but I hadn’t had him on Bute first to compare.

thanks for posting, that's very useful to know.

 

[lynz88]

We use Previcox back home quite often (even for longterm use instead of bute) which is Equioxx but cheaper.

 

[Bionic Boy]

We use Previcox back home quite often (even for longterm use instead of bute) which is Equioxx but cheaper.

Thank you, will take a look.

 

[donkeyindisguise]

Thank you, will take a look.

you can’t get previcox for prescribed horses anymore sadly

Equioxx used to only be available in a paste form so vets could prescribe prev for horses as it was tablet form and easier to get horses to take, therefore they could get around the licensing.

However Equioxx is now licensed for horses in tablet form so they have to prescribe that… the price difference is disgusting, I used to be able to get 90 tablets for £40 odd, now it’s £106 for 60 for what my vet says is literally exactly the same drug

 

[Bonnie Allie]

Game changer for our old mare. Bute rips her gut apart but the Equioxx doesn’t and she stabilised on it so well vet has dropped her to one tablet every second day. Her quality of life has returned to the “exceptional” quadrant on the drug.

 

[sollimum]

We have our veteran arab on it and he seems to tolerate it well. I have bought it on prescription as too expensive via our practice. My understanding from our vet is that it is targeted joint relief rather than a blanket pain killer.